Dead Body Discovered Washed Up on Plum Island Aboard Boat

Southold police responded to a report of a dead body that had washed up on Plum Island aboard a boat Saturday, but the case was ultimately handed over to Suffolk County police detectives who determined no foul play was involved.

After receiving the request on Saturday, June 10 to assist with the vessel that had run aground on Plum Island, Southold Town Police Department declined to get involved due to jurisdiction, and took no further action.

They were later advised that a dead body was discovered on board the boat. Southold department supervisors then contacted Suffolk County Police Department’s Homicide Unit, which is on call to handle incidents such as this for Plum Island.

While SCPD Homicide handled the investigation, Southold police offered to assist in any way they could. No further action was taken and police have not released the name of the individual found dead on the boat, but the person had reportedly been missing from Connecticut.

Suffolk County police confirmed that nothing criminal had occurred surrounding the death, but they have yet to share the circumstances or cause.

Plum Island is famously home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) which serves to defend the country against deadly illnesses that can cross from animal to human. The lab remains active, but it’s in the process of relocating to a new facility in Kansas.

ANOTHER BODY ON PLUM ISLAND

In 2010, the New York Post reported that the clothed but partially decomposed body of a large man with “very long fingers” was discovered on the island’s restricted southwest beach.